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Posted on Feb 19, 2009

2000 Hyundai starts and then stops immediately.

My 2000 Hyundai Elantra starts, idles for a few seconds but then dies right away.

Before this it was idling rough with very little power when I stepped on the gas. I sprayed some carburetor cleaner into the air intake while the car was running rough thinking this might clean air intake a little - the car stopped running immediately. Could I have shorted out the Mass Air Flow Sensor or made it fail?

To help solve the problem, I’m looking for the Fuel Pump Relay to check it, but I cannot find it.
It is not listed on the relay box under the hood, it is not in the fuse box in the passenger compartment. I found the Multiport Fuel Injection Relay behind the dash but where is the Fuel Pump Relay?

I have replaced the fuel filter, fuel pressure regulator and throttle position sensor.

When I turn the key to “on” the fuel pump does not “whirr” but I do hear it running after the car starts. Then everything stops.

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The fuel pump relay is under the steering wheel by the computer..... lay under the steering wheel and its on the left of the steering wheel.

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